The Portland daily press., 1887-04-08
GENERAL NEWS.


from the cotton and cattle districts of Texas.
Prominent shoemakers who are Knights of
Labor, talk OF reviving the old order of st.
Crispin.
Barkentine Susan struck. an iceberg near
Newfoundland and sunk. Four of her crew
perished.
:, The graduating themes of the students of
the Chandler Scientific School of Dartmouth
College have been announced.
An extensive fire occurred Wednesday in
the Swiss village of Buchel, in the canton of
burned.
In the most important two handed pyra-
ma pool match ever played in the country,
Balbo, Cuban, defeated Marina of New
York, l6 to II games, in New York last
night
A large meeting of Irish citizens was held
in Queen Hall, Montreal, Wednesday night,
to protest against the coercion measure for
ireland. Speeches were delivered by ex-
Mayor Beauregard, j. J. Curran, NJ. p, and
others.
The Merritt Wrecking Company has now
made. all arrangements for pulling the
stranded steamer Scotia off the sand bar at
Great South Beach, and today the last haw-
sers were made fast With the first high
tide it is expected they will be able to get the
vessel into deep water
The express train from Albany to Boston.
due at Springfield at 11.30, was delayed about
two hours and half this morning. by the
breaking of a journal on the New York mail
car The accident occurred on an upgrade
east OF Rochdale. Only one truck Of the
mail car was derailed and nobody was hurt.
The hosting works of the Nevada Queen
mine at Tuscarora, New, were completely
destroyed Wednesday by the explosion Of
giant powder which had been placed near
the boiler to thaw. The boiler also ex-
ploded. Five men were seriously. injured,
among them Russell, foreman of the mine,
who is believed to be fatally hurt.
A heavy land slide occurred at Monte
Carlo yesterday. Immense masses of rock
ana earth slid down and now entirely block
the railway and carriage road. Trains from
cannes and Mentone were laden with tour
lists who had marvellous escapes from destruc-
ton, getting over the tracks just in time to
avoid humiliation.
At Hackensack, N. j., Wednesday, the
grand jury, in the Supreme Court of Bergen
county, handed to Judge Dixon the indict-
ments found against Rev. Charles II. Ward.
late rector of st. Pauls church at Engle-
WOOD. n. j., who recently shot his wife,
fired at his daughter and then wounded him
self.
The schooner Champion, belonging to the
Neah Boy Indians has been wrecked east of
Netnot, aud one of the crew was drowned.
Steamer Mexico, which ran on a reef oppo-
site, Nanaiss has been abandoned. She
Il
storm sprung up. The weather off the Pa
cific, coast has been very rough the past
week.
The board of aldermen of Dover, n. H.,
have voted to grant license to Henry w.
Burgess of Boston, to erect and maintain
Ihompson,-Houston electric light plant in
Dover. They guarantee him the sole privi-
lege of supplying electric light to citizens for
five years. The plant will cost $4,000, and
will be erected Immediately.
The withdrawal of Herr Won Kendall
from the office of German ambassador to
Italy is officially announced. 1t is believed
that various changes in the German diplo-
matte service are about to be made. Herr
Non Radowitz, it is said, goes to London;
Count Won Hatzfet to Rome; Count Won
Solms Sonnenwalde, now Minister to Spain,
70 Constantinople, and new man to
In the Supreme Court of Keene. N. H..
yesterday, the Jennings manslanghter case
took an unexpected turn. The prisoner
Withdrew his former plea of not guilty and
pleaded guilty OF manslaughter in the first
his property to the widow Of his victim. Jen-
nlngs was sentenced to State prison for II
years at hard labor and to pay costs.
Preparations for the six days 70 hours.
race IN Lawrence, Mass, next week, at ES-
sex Rink, are completed. The track meas
ures Is laps to the mile, and telegraph wires
III.
race will start Monday at IL o'clock John
Meagher, champion short distance pedestri-
an, will referee, and there will be 21 starters,
including Flagg. Elson, Peter, Golden Guer-
zero, Norman, Taylor, Cox, Peter, Hegleman,
Tetro ana others.
A block belonging to E. Fl. Blair at West
Brookfeld, Mass, was burned yesterday
morning, about o'clock. The fire was in
cendiary. Loss $4,000; insured. The
block was occupied by E. III. Blair & Co. as
a general country store, Geo. H. Coolidge,
millinery, G. A. Bailey, jeweller, and G. ii.
Clark, druggist, An explosion occurred dur
and Mr.. G. Ii. Fales was hurled across the
street, but not seriously injured.
A serious fire occurred yesterday morning
in a large boarding house on State street,
Bridgeport, Conn, kept by Mrs. James
Hutchinson, by which four persons were
badly injured. The fire was caused by the
explosion of kerosene lamp in the kitchen.
Patrick Money and John West, bOarders,
were severely burned about the face and
limbs in making their escape through the
flames. Mrs. Kate Farley, the cook, and
MISS lilly Hutchinson jumped from the sec
ond story, sustaining severe injuries.
The Journal Of Geneva, which is noted
Ior lts impartial treatment of international
guestlons,. says that the Reichstag is sub
icy 10 an iron regime. The most honorable
dra dd,.a6ens are arrested without apparent cause,
uthlaeseu through the streets like common
ttnleVes and immured in some fortress during
tae pleasure Of their rulers. The bare fact
u having worn or purchased articles of
ufess whose colors recall the French flag, or
"a subscribing TO disaffected paper is con-
elu5Ieu euJ crime and the offender Is punished
Win several months Imprisonment.